Rustproofing shops, automotive · Ohio

Ground Effects Westlake

Westlake, OH · ~45 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ground Effects Westlake runs at 393% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rustproofing shops, automotive workplace, earning a grade F.

Ground Effects Westlake: 8.3 TCR = 393% of Rustproofing shops, automotive BLS 2.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ground Effects Westlake safety composite

Ground Effects Westlake scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−3.3

2016→2020

Ground Effects Westlake injury rate improved

Ground Effects Westlake's TCR fell 3.3 from 8.2 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.2 · 2018=11.8 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811198 · Westlake, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 393% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK P18
  • PHOTO Ground Effects, LLC …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ground Effects, LLC - Rotunda (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ground Effects Westlake in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Ground Effects Westlake averages 8.3 TCR (393% of the Rustproofing shops, automotive BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Ground Effects Westlake TCR series: 2016=8.2 · 2018=11.8 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=4.9 · BLS 2.1

Where Ground Effects Westlake falls in its industry

66 Rustproofing shops, automotive establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Ground Effects Westlake (45 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 6.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ground Effects Westlake
Ground Effects Westlake (45 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Ground Effects Westlake has fewer employees than the Rustproofing shops, automotive median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2020 4.9 4.9 2 0 0
2019 8.2 8.2 2 2 0
2018 11.8 4.7 5 0 0
2016 8.2 8.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811198 · OH · Westlake

66 Rustproofing shops, automotive employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 95 employers in Westlake, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Ground Effects, LLC - Rotunda 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ground Effects Flint 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR STTC Bethlehem 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ronkonkoma 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nationwide Energy Partners, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE GSO OFFICE - NORTH CANTON 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 283-NiSource-Wintersville OH-Ohio Valley Op 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Office 82 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. John Medical Center 1,158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lake Erie Electric, Inc. 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR Equity Administrative Services, Inc. - Westlake Office 333 FTE
CITY-NEAR TruWest Company 307 FTE
NAT-TCR Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc. 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1068 BEAUFORT, SC 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 198 Gurnee, Il 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 864 Port St. Lucie, Fl 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Evolent Health LLC New York 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE ConGlobal Industries, Forest View 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Woods of Caledonia 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Christus Spohn-MOB 45 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.